Warring States Papers Studies in Chinese and Comparative Philology
		Style Sheet The following are some general editorial preferences, plus some ethical and legal requirements. GENERAL Tone. Normal expectations of scholarly civility will apply. The intended tone of the journal is informal, matter-of-fact, brief, and clear. Criticism of previous results is always in order. Imputations of motive, or other ad hominem arguments, are not accepted. Ethics. Data or conclusions drawn from the work of others must be properly attributed. Acknowledgements of grant or other financial support may be made in an unnumbered first footnote. Expressions of gratitude to advisors or colleagues, or dedications to persons, are inappropriate for these brief articles. Assumptions. Articles on Chinese subjects are assumed to be addressed to fellow students of Chinese antiquity, but should be reasonably intelligible to colleagues in other areas of ancient history. Familiar Chinese texts need not be identified on first occurrence, and can be mentioned by their abbreviations (there is a list of agreed text abbreviations at the end of each volume of WSP). TECHNICAL Dates BC should be given with a leading zero, thus 0479 = 479 BC. The dynastic name Jou must be confined to the period before the Jou collapse in 0771. For the period between that date and the onset of the Empire (0221), one standard term is pre-Chin. Where possible, we recommend the division of that period into Spring and Autumn (0770-0479) and Warring States (0479-0221). Give uncertain dates as ranges, or as circa dates (c0340). Chinese Characters may be included in titles, but will be removed from the version of the title used as the righthand running head. Characters in text should be added as required, but not gratuitously. To take George Kennedy's example, it should not be necessary to give the characters for "Shr Ji," over and over again, in every article in every volume. Similarly, writers in the Greek Classical field need not identify Demosthenes or Pauly-Wissova. We presume a certain minimum level of familiarity with the field in question. Romanization. Authors may use any Chinese romanization they favor, but must indicate tones. If an otherwise acceptable manuscript lacks tonal information, the editors, in adding that information, will also convert to the journal's preferred system, Common Alphabetic. A conversion table for this and two other systems appears at the end of each volume of Warring States Papers. Copyright and Permissions. Authors should secure any needed permissions for included copyright material, including illustrations, and should submit those permissions with their manuscript. Authors are liable in case of copyright infringement. Author Agreement. The journal itself requires first serial and subsequent reprint rights, in order that the volume may be copyrighted for the protection of all contributors, including the electronic reprint right which permits the creation of this digital archive of Warring States Papers. Our permission form specifically cedes to authors all other rights, including publication elsewhere of revised, abridged, or extended treatments of the same subject. We ask only that any such subsequent publications contain a reference to the initial publication in Warring States Papers. Further Technical Details are illustrated in the available journal volumes and preprints. Please inquire of the Editors on any doubtful point. ACCEPTANCE Acceptance. The editorial board will judge a paper on the following criteria: (1) Is it clear, cogent, and collegial? (2) Does it acknowledge major previous work on the subject, and sufficiently note major conflicting opinions? (3) Does it make a significant contribution to Warring States (or comparative) philology or history? The last of the three is decisive; we can work with you on the other two. Rejection of an article should not be interpreted as a judgement of its quality, but rather of its appropriateness to the journal's mission. Appended Discussions. Discussion by others, transcribed from conference tapes, assembled from written or E-mailed comments, or provided by the Editors, may be appended to an article at the discretion of the editors. Authors will have an opportunity to add their replies to such comments.
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